Thank you to members who responded to our policy priorities survey. These responses have been used to create the Heritage Manifesto 2017 setting out five simple asks for the next Government.
We hope our members will share it in their newsletters and widely on social media using #HeritageManifesto. Please use it as a base for your own advocacy work.
To realise the power of heritage, we call on all political parties to:
Maximise the advantages, and minimise the disadvantages, of Brexit for heritage;
Maintain and improve the protection for heritage;
Attract more investment and engagement in heritage, and build sector skills and capacity;
Effect positive fiscal change for heritage;
Continue to back Lottery funding for heritage
Loyd Grossman, Heritage Alliance Chairman, said:
‘I urge all political parties to take on board the five simple asks in our Heritage Manifesto. Heritage is not simply about our past, it’s vital to creating places for the future in which people want to live and invest. Heritage is a major industry in its own right with heritage construction alone worth £9.7 billion in England. Importantly during an election campaign, heritage is also a vote winner. People love heritage – nearly four times more people visited heritage attractions in 2016 than attended league and championship football matches. In uncertain times, all politicians should see the value in ensuring that the heritage sector can tell our nation’s stories and support social cohesion, rootedness and identity.’
The Prime Minister has announced that the General Election will be on 8th June and Parliament has now been dissolved. The Alliance will be looking at the emerging party manifestos for support for all aspects of the historic environment sector’s work.